The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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